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Return of the unknown soldier

[2014-12-23 07:52]

For Zhao Zhenying, from west Beijing, the second half of 2014 has been incredibly busy, perhaps a little too busy for a 98-year-old war veteran.

Convenient clinics offer more time with doctors

[2014-12-23 07:52]

When she needed medical attention, Yuan Shigui once had to take an hourlong bus ride to Chaoyang Hospital, the nearest large hospital to her home, wait for an hour or more to see a doctor - who could usually only spare two or three minutes - and then wait in another long line to get her medications.

Beijing establishes medical conglomerates

[2014-12-23 07:52]

By the end of September, 28 medical conglomerates had been established in Beijing, providing service to residents in all 16 districts and counties of the city, according to the Beijing Commission of Health and Family Planning.

More Chinese seek care in capital's private hospitals

[2014-12-23 07:52]

Medical reform has been high on the agenda of the Beijing municipal government to improve services over the past year. China Daily staff reporter Wang Xiaodong has talked to people in all areas of the field to explore the progress achieved and the challenges ahead.

Strengthen regulation to ensure safety of health services, say experts

[2014-12-23 07:52]

Greater autonomy for medical staff helps to boost sector's growth

[2014-12-23 07:52]

Author records big year for book sales

[2014-12-23 07:52]

The richest Chinese writer reaped 19.5 million yuan ($3.14 million) of royalty gains in 2014, according to the latest China Writers Rich List.

Official works hard for his remote hometown

[2014-12-23 07:52]

In a remote border area of Southwest China's Yunnan province, the town of Dulongjiang is home to the largest number of the country's smallest ethnic group, the Derung. The town, surrounded by forests with the scenic Dulong River cutting through the valley, neighbors Myanmar in the west and the Tibet autonomous region in the north, and is home to 4,095 Derung, almost 70 percent of the Derung population in China.

Can Abe last his 4-year term?

[2014-12-20 08:09]

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is expected to be in power until 2018 after his coalition won a big victory in the Dec 14 snap election. Abe's Liberal Democratic Party and coalition partner, the Komeito, won 326 of the 475 seats in the lower house of parliament, gaining a two-thirds "super-majority".

Cigar aroma rises above an embargo era

[2014-12-20 08:09]

Sometimes a cigar isn't just a cigar.

Let us end soil pollution cases harming villagers

[2014-12-20 08:09]

There were turning points in the environmental protection histories of many developed countries in the last century. Serious pollution incidents awakened the public to environmental threats and forced governments to enact laws and set up powerful organs to protect the environment.

Americans' torture support disturbing

[2014-12-20 08:09]

The US Senate report on the CIA's torture methods that was made public last week has raised some serious questions: Is the United States still practicing or will continue practicing water-boarding, sleep depriving and other appalling torture techniques? Will it use them citing imminent threat to national security?